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WGUS52 KFFC 152356

FFWATL

GAC123-160100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

752 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ELLIJAY AND IN NEARBY

  COMMUNITIES...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE

  DROPPED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALTHOUGH

  RAINFALL WILL SOON BEGIN TO TAPER OFF...RUNOFF MAY CAUSE CREEKS

  AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE RISING THROUGH 9 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK 

AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3463 8425 3480 8435 3476 8457 3456 8450



$$



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000 

WGUS52 KFFC 152356

FFWATL

GAC123-160100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

752 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ELLIJAY AND IN NEARBY

  COMMUNITIES...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE

  DROPPED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALTHOUGH

  RAINFALL WILL SOON BEGIN TO TAPER OFF...RUNOFF MAY CAUSE CREEKS

  AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE RISING THROUGH 9 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK 

AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3463 8425 3480 8435 3476 8457 3456 8450



$$



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